1.)
Scientist 2 (Alex) gets lifted in the air by the creature - We believe
this can be done without the use of a crane or other external device.
AfterEffects has the unique function of being able to composite and shape
layers. So we will blue screen the "creature" (Elliot) and Scientist
2 (Alex) separately. We will blue-screen Alex on the laying on his
side so that he can move his legs giving a "dangling" effect when he is
composited in the air. We will blue screen Elliot mimicing raising
something into the air by the neck. Then we will layer the creature
over Scientist 2 in the composite window. If the filter works properly,
we should see the outline
of
the creature's hand around Alex's neck.
2.)
Scientist 2 (Alex) gets disentegrated - This should be pretty easy.
We want to create a flare effect from the creature's arm while it is holding
Alex in the air and disentegrate him. AfterEffects has nice dissolve
feature that we can use for this effect.
3.)
Scientist 1 (Anna) falls off the overpass - First we will film the ground
from the overpass. Then we will blue-screen Anna flailing her arms
and screaming. We can easily composite these two images together
for the desired effect.
4.)
Infrared - Since the creature is supposed to be invisible we want to create
an infrared type effect on the camera. We will take regular footage
as if looking through infrared goggles and modify the color attributes
in AfterEffects to mimic an infrared view.
5.)
Sky/Environment coloring - We may use some of the filters in AfterEffects
to create the appropriate mood for the trailer by decreasing/increasing
light or modifying certain color attributes. We will have to see
the final footage to be sure though.
